The Institut français du Royaume-Uni is France's cultural centre in South Kensington, a short walk from the V&A and the Natural History Museum. Its Art Deco building offers eight hire spaces, including the 225-seat Ciné Lumière, the boutique Ciné Lumière II, the Art Deco Listed Library, Les Salons and smaller meeting rooms, for corporate events, board meetings, press screenings, launches, receptions and dinners. An on-site conferencing team supports events, with catering from Gazette Brasserie.
The Institut français du Royaume-Uni is France's cultural centre in South Kensington, a short walk from the V&A and the Natural History Museum. Its Art Deco building offers eight hire spaces, including the 225-seat Ciné Lumière, the boutique Ciné Lumière II, the Art Deco Listed Library, Les Salons and smaller meeting rooms, for corporate events, board meetings, press screenings, launches, receptions and dinners. An on-site conferencing team supports events, with catering from Gazette Brasserie.
Featured space
Les Salons
✦ Matched space
Les Salons is a spacious period reception room, newly revamped, for lectures, talks, corporate meetings, presentations and acoustic concerts. With an adjacent kitchen it also suits dinners, receptions and parties, for up to 60 seated or 80 standing guests.
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Seated60
Standing80
PrivacyPrivate
Price guideHire fee from £300
Other spaces
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A compact screening auditorium with a low-to-mid ceiling, carpeted floor and fixed upholstered seats arranged auditorium-style. Grey acoustic wall panels and recessed cove lighting provide even artificial illumination, and the room has no natural light. An integrated projection screen and wall-mounted speakers deliver presentation and playback capability. Venue Wi-Fi and air conditioning support connected sessions and extended bookings. Suited to film and video screenings, private previews and playback sessions.
Seated
34
Standing
Unknown
Privacy
Private
Price guide
Hire fee from £360
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A spacious and elegant Art Deco auditorium with a good-sized stage and a 4K HD Digital Cinema Projector capable of screening digital, 35mm and 16mm film. An experienced technical team supports the space. Ideal for high-profile events from private screenings and press launches to conferences, corporate meetings and concerts. The room adjoins Les Salons and the Art Deco Listed Library, allowing you to combine your event with a party or cocktail reception in those spaces.
Seated
225
Standing
Unknown
Privacy
Private
Price guide
Hire fee from £600
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The Art Deco Listed Library is a wood-panelled reading room with a balcony, parquet floor and plenty of natural light, used for lectures, conferences, board meetings, cocktails and acoustic concerts. It holds 80 seated or 110 standing, and is available for hire outside library opening hours.
Seated
80
Standing
110
Privacy
Private
Price guide
Hire fee from £480
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L'Atelier is a ground-floor workroom with a wooden floor and tiered steps, used for lectures, small conferences, workshops, talks and children's activities. It holds 20 people, or 30 children, and has Wi-Fi and a video projector with computer.
Seated
20
Standing
Unknown
Privacy
Private
Price guide
Hire fee from £120
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La Salle Baudoin is a 35 sqm meeting room with natural light and a mural by French artist Baudoin, for meetings, small conferences and seminars of up to 16 people. It has Wi-Fi, a TV screen and HDMI or VGA connections.
Seated
16
Standing
Unknown
Privacy
Private
Price guide
Hire fee from £90
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Le Studio is a 50 sqm meeting and workshop room with its own convivial space and kitchenette, for up to 20 people. It has Wi-Fi, a TV screen and HDMI or VGA connections.